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下午
xiàwǔ
1. afternoon
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
3. p.m.
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

下
xià
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
HSK 1 3 丶
午
wǔ
noon; 7th terrestrial branch
HSK 1 4 丶

Example Sentences (10)

我们下午去看电影，好吗？
Wǒmen xiàwǔ qù kàn diànyǐng, hǎo ma?
Shall we go see a movie this afternoon?
Text 1
下午我想去电影院看电影，你去吗？
Xiàwǔ wǒ xiǎng qù diànyǐngyuàn kàn diànyǐng, nǐ qù ma?
I want to go to the cinema to watch a movie this afternoon. Are you going?
Text 3
下午你想做什么？
Xiàwǔ nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?
What do you want to do this afternoon?
Text 2
今天下午我没有时间，明天下午去吧。
Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, míngtiān xiàwǔ qù ba.
I don't have time this afternoon. Let's go tomorrow afternoon.
Text 1
下午我想去商店。
Xiàwǔ wǒ xiǎng qù shāngdiàn.
In the afternoon, I want to go to the store.
Text 2
今天下午我没有时间，明天下午去吧。
Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, míngtiān xiàwǔ qù ba.
I don't have time this afternoon. Let's go tomorrow afternoon.
Text 1
我不想去，下午还有事。
Wǒ bù xiǎng qù, xiàwǔ hái yǒu shì.
I don't want to go; I still have things to do this afternoon.
Text 3
下午五点。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
5 p.m.
Text 2
好的。下午两点你能到吗？
Hǎo de. Xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn nǐ néng dào ma?
Okay. Can you be here at 2 p.m.?
Text 2
这些我昨天下午就准备好了。
Zhèxiē wǒ zuótiān xiàwǔ jiù zhǔnbèi hǎo le.
I had these ready yesterday afternoon.
Text 4

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
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